Cane car



R. FRICKE CANE CAR May 11 1926.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct.

May 11 1926. 1,583,874

R. VFRICKE CANE CAR Filed Oct'. 5'. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May '11, 1926..

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HALL, OF HONOLULU, rnnnrronr or HAWAII.

CANE CAR. 4

The invention relates to improvements in cars fortransporting sugar cane and the like and has for its objectto provide'a car of the platform type having end walls and completelyopen sides with flexible 1ongitudinal members v extending between and around the'upper portions of the end walls and preferably constituting a flexible band having releasable couplings adjacent the end walls, which band is supported inits adjusted position by guide studs on the end i loop, which is continuous, and also the transwalls, the longitudinal reaches or sections of the band extending along the sides of the car being connected at intervals by pendant flexible loops, the lower portions of which engage the platform of the car and are pref- -erably anchored thereto by pins, so as to retain the loops in proper relation when the car is being loaded.

The invention is illustrated in'the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is'a side elevation of a car involv ing the novel construction.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the car body. Fig. 3 is a half plan of the latter.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the platform-of a car of the general type em ployed for transporting sugar cane, or like materials or commodities, from the harvest fields to the mill or other place ofdisposition, said car being provided with the usual end walls comprising corner posts 2 and cross planking 3. As a matter of con venience and to facilitate the loadingof bundles of cane, each end Wallis provided with a middle post 2, which is connected at its upper end with the upper ends of the corner posts by inclined L beams 2".

Extending between and around the end walls near the top thereof is a flexible band or loop 4 provided at points adjacent the end walls with detachable clips or fasten ing devices 7 said member 4. constituting the longitudinal elements of the side retaining means for the load. As indicated, the member 4 is held in position by means of studs 5 on the outer lateral faces of the corner posts and studs 6 on the end faces of the corner posts, said studs preferably being provided with rollers to guide the flexible member 4:, which passes over the studs 5 and under the studs 6, as indicated moreiparticularly in Figs. 1 and 2.

Connected to the longitudinal reaches of the flexible band 4 and disposed at intervals longitudinally ofthe car are loops 10, which depend from the closed loop 4 with their bottom sections extending transversely of the platform and in Contact therewith, the mid section of each loop being' detachably anchored-to the platform by a pin 11, the

several pins being set in the platform and serving to prevent displacement ofthe transverse loops during the loading operation. I Preferably the flexible upper longitudinal verse loops are formed of chains, although it wi'll'beunderstood that any other suitable strand-like material, such as rope, wire, or wire cable, may be'employed, provided the ends of the transverse loops are securely fastened to the longitudinal reaches of the upper continuous'loop to preserve the delongitudinally of the car body. I

As thus constituted, the longitudinal continuous loop 4 and the"parallel--series of sired spaced relation of the transverse loops transverse loops 10 form strong, durable and flex'lbleside walls for thecar, which will retain the large and'heavy bundles of cane loaded onto'the' car by the usual loading machines,=permitting' the car to be loaded to capacity without danger .of rupturing or impairing-any portion of the car. .Th-IS arrangement of the flexible retaining means also facilitates the unloading-of. the

cane from the cars directly onto the carriers at the mill by attaching a suitable hoisting mechanism to the reach of the chain on the side opposite the carrier and casting loose the shackles or detachable connectors 7 adjacent the end walls of the car, which per- "mits the chains or flexible connectors on the side of the car adjacent the carrier to drop down beside the car, so that, when the hoisting mechanism raises the opposite side 1 the like having end walls and open sides above the platform, longitudinal flexible members extending between and around the upper portions of the end walls and having releasable couplings adjacent the end walls, and spaced transverse flexible members connected at their ends to said longitudinal members and forming pendant loops the lower portions of which overlie the platform.

2. A car for transporting sugar cane and the like having end walls and open sides above the platform, longitudinal flexible members extending between and around the upper portions of the end walls and having releasable couplings adjacent the end walls, spaced transverse flexible members connected at their ends to said longitudinal members and forming pendant loops the lower portions of which overlie the platform, and means for anchoring the overlying portions to the platform.

3. A car for transporting sugar cane and the like having end walls and open sides above the platform, longitudinal chains extending between and around the upper portions of the end walls and having releasable couplings adjacent the end walls, and spaced transverse chains connected at their ends to said longitudinal chains and forming pendant loops the lower portions of which overlie the platform.

4. A car for transporting sugar cane and the like having end walls andopen sides above the platform, longitudinal chains extending between and around the upper portions of the end walls and having releasable couplings adjacent the end walls, spaced transverse chains connected at their ends to said longitudinal chains and forming pendant loops thelower portions of which overlie the platform, and pins in'the platform for anchoring: the lower portions of the loops.

5. A car for: transportingsugar cane and the like? having end walls and openv sides above the platform, longitudinal flexible members extending between and "around the upper portions of the end walls and having releasable couplings adjacent the end walls, guide studs on the edges and outer faces of the end walls to retain said longitudinal members in position, and spaced transverse flexible members connected at their ends to said longitudinal members and forming pendant loops the lower portions of which overlie the platform.

6. A car for transporting sugar cane and the like having end walls and open sides above the platform, longitudinal chains extending between and around the upper portions of the end walls and having releasable couplings adjacent the end walls, guide studs on the edges and outer faces of the end walls to retain said longitudinal chains in position, and spaced transverse chains connected at their inner ends to said longitudinal chains and forming pendant loops, the lower portions of which overlie the platform.

7. A platform car having end walls, a flexible band looped between and around the upper portions of the end walls, releasable couplings in said band adjacent the end walls, and spaced pendant flexible loops connected at their ends to the longitudinal reaches of the flexible band with their lower portions overlying the platform.

8. A platform car having end walls, a flexible band looped betweenand around the upper portions of the end walls, releasable couplings in said band adjacent the end walls, guide studs on the edges and outer faces of the end walls to retain the flexible band in stretched relation, and spaced pend-- ant flexible loops connected at their ends to the longitudinal reaches of the flexible band pith their lower portions overlying the platorm. I r

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

. ROBERT FRICKE. 

